Logviewer Cli - Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Troubleshooting Manual

Release 12.0 R4 | August 2014 | 3HE 08864 AAAD TQZZA Edition 01
11 — Troubleshooting with the 5620 SAM LogViewer
To rapidly isolate a specific log entry or type of entry, you can create a temporary
filter, or quick filter, by entering a regular expression in the field below a column
header on a log tab. You can convert a quick filter to a saved filter for later use. A
drop-down menu above the Level column allows the immediate filtering of log
entries based on the debug level.
You can also create and use simple filters. These filters do not require the use of
regular expressions, but instead, perform a case insensitive "contains" filtration of a
string you specify. The use of simple filters must be enabled using the
Preferences→Options menu option.
A color that is specified as the highlight color for a filter is saved with the filter and
applies to all logs that use the filter.
11.3

LogViewer CLI

The CLI-based 5620 SAM LogViewer works like the UNIX tail command when in
display mode. The command mode has a multiple-level menu that you can display at
any time. You can specify a command or log file using the minimum number of
unique characters in the name, and can quickly toggle between the command and
display modes. LogViewer buffers new log entries while in command mode and
displays them when it returns to display mode.
The LogViewer CLI assigns a different color to each logging level, for example,
WARN or INFO, using standard ANSI color attributes that can be specified as CLI
startup options or configured through the GUI. The CLI also supports the use of
filters, plugins, and quick links.
11.4 LogViewer GUI procedures
The following procedures describe how to use the LogViewer GUI application.
Procedure 11-1 To display logs using the LogViewer GUI
Perform this procedure to start the LogViewer GUI application and view one or more
logs. See Figures
description of the object, for example, a tool bar button.
1 Log in to the 5620 SAM server as the samadmin user.
2 Open a console window.
3 Enter the following at the prompt:
bash$ path/nms/bin/logviewerui.bash ↵
where path is the 5620 SAM server installation location, typically /opt/5620sam/server
The LogViewer GUI opens with the Quick Links panel or the log tabs in the saved
workspace displayed.
11-6
11-1 and 11-2, or move the mouse cursor over a GUI object, to view a
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